# The Sprat — Aesop's Fables character guide

> The Sprat in Aesop's Fables by Aesop.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Sprat, a Sprat, A Sprat

**First appearance:** 0031-the-dolphins-the-whales-and-the-sprat

## Who they are

A small fish who mediates between the Dolphins and Whales.

## In the story

### [The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-dolphins-the-whales-and-the-sprat)

Attempts to mediate peace between the Dolphins and Whales but is scorned.

### [The Fisherman and the Sprat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-fisherman-and-the-sprat)

Pleads for release, promising future value, but is kept by the Fisherman.

### [The Tunny-Fish and the Dolphin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/fables_se/chapters/the-tunny-fish-and-the-dolphin)

The Tunny-fish is the protagonist who, though doomed, finds comfort in shared fate.

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